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(1842 - 1903)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was 17 years old and a fisherman, like his father, in Swampscott, MA. He enlisted in Lynn on 19 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 29th Massachusetts Infantry on 14 May. In September or October 1861 he was sentenced by a court martial to forfeit a months' pay, charge not given.
On the Campaign
He was slightly wounded in the hand in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
In April 1863 he was docked $23.35 for losing his musket (Springfield, cal. 58), 40 rounds of ammunition, and his accoutrements "through neglect of duty." He was listed as a deserter at Paris, KY on 26 May 1863.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was again a fisherman, and lived with his parents and brothers in Swampscott. By 1900 he was a boatman there.
References & notes
His service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Wound detail also in Nelson.3 Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Mary Adelaide Hutchinson (1843-1925) in November 1868.
Birth
08/23/1842; Swampscott, MA
Death
02/19/1903; Swampscott, MA; burial in Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, MA
1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 3, p. 323 [AotW citation 29975]
2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War for the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and in Mormon Battalion, Record Group No. 94, Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1780-1917 [AotW citation 29976]
3 Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, p. 238 [AotW citation 29977]